Nurse buys $1M lottery winner in Glenville

GLENVILLE – Colleen Halliwell won $1 million on a instant lottery ticket last month. On her way to claim the prize that same day, she got a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt.

“I explained how I forgot to buckle up with all the excitement of winning,” Halliwell said. “The officer was nice enough to congratulate me before handing me my ticket. I will never forget to buckle up again.”

Halliwell, a nurse from Rotterdam, bought two instant game tickets when she stopped at the Hannaford in Glenville to fill a prescription for a patient. One of the tickets was a $1 million winner.

Halliwell, 43, picked up her $1 million check today at the supermarket. She won the third prize in the $500,000,000 Extravaganza instant game on May 8.

Halliwell will be paid over 20 years. Her annual check, after taxes, will be $33,015.

Halliwell, a mother of three, said she’s looking forward to a trip to Florida with her husband and will buy a black BMW with a sunroof.

She is the third person to win at least $1 million on an instant game at a local Hannaford this year. Daniel and Patricia Parsons bought a $10 million Win for Life Spectacular ticket in January at the Hannaford in Delmar Plaza in Elsmere. In March, Vincent Suto bought a $1 million Triple Diamonds ticket at the Hannaford on the corner of Wolf and Sand Creek Road in Albany.